Given name
Kristjana
“follower of Christ”
Kristjana is a variant of Kristina. In English use, Kristina carries the interpretation “follower of Christ.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Kristjana is a variant of Kristina. In English use, Kristina carries the interpretation “follower of Christ.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1979. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kristjana through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 6
- 0 boys · 6 girls
- Most popular year
- 1979
- 6 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 1979. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Kristjana’s family of names
In Icelandic usage, Kristjana has a conventional equivalent in the German form Christina. Kristjana has a related form in Kristina.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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